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April - May 2008
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 CARIBBEAN IntegrationCaribbean Leaders and Students Celebrate“This was our gift to the University Ma’am,” explained a very polite, obviously diligent, Machale Taylor. “This Gala Banquet and Awards ceremony was held by the International Affairs Committee in commemoration of UWI’s Sixtieth anniversary.” A first year UWI Medical Sciences student, Taylor explained that at the March 26th event which brought Caribbean Week to a close, students celebrated with leaders from across the region including, former Campus Principal and current President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor George Maxwell Richards, local Government Minister Donna Cox, U.S. Ambassador Roy Austin, as well as St Lucian Minister of Tourism, Allan Chastenet. Throughout the week the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent as well as the Leeward Islands (which includes: Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis) and Trinidad and Tobago Student Associations celebrated their diversity at various events on Campus. “It was a big success – we had approximately 150 international students who attended from all of the Student Associations and the Principal, Professor Clement Sankat was 100 percent in support of the gala banquet and the whole week…The whole week was about integration and we got that. Everyone came out, we got full support.” At the Gala, students took the opportunity to honour several individuals and associations including Collin Moore, chosen by his peers as Student of the Year and the St Vincent Student Association, which copped the Association of the Year award. The Campus Principal was selected as Person of the Year 2008/2009 because of the “level of respect that students have for him on the Campus, they look up to him as a role model - because he’s friendly, encouraging and has good leadership skills,” explained Taylor , Chairman of the International Affairs Committee and Student Guild Secretary. For Taylor, who was born in the Bahamas, the week was a resounding success; most of all because it achieved its main goal which was to bring about greater integration on the Campus of a regional University. –AWH
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